About the Book
Book: Capturing Hope
Author: Angela K Couch
Genre: Historical Christian Fiction
Release Date: November, 2023
One step ahead of the Nazi’s. . .leaves Nadia little room for hope.
Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII.
After her father is murdered by Nazis and her mother flees to her native Germany, hope is something of which Nadia Roenne feels little—even if it is the meaning of her name. It isn’t until an American photographer sacrifices his escape from Poland to save a Jewish family, that she finds a purpose. David Reid is very familiar with failure, but when he is charged with getting Nadia safely out of Poland, he is determined to succeed—even if she works against him at every turn, putting other’s lives ahead of her own. While they race against the daily shower of bombs over Warsaw and the ever-nearing German army, Nadia grows used to risking her life. . .but dare she risk her heart?
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My Thoughts:
In Capturing Hope, we have two characters who would not have been friends under normal circumstances, and certainly not romantically involved. Nadia is a Pole and a somewhat spoiled and bitter daughter of her baron father and German mother. David Reid is an American photographer from a large family. One fateful night her father decides to throw a party. David is invited but Nadia is unimpressed with the American and doesn't even remember what his name is. However, that night the German army storms into Poland with the goal of wiping them off of the map.
Nadia's world of comfort and ease crashes down around her. She is witness to something most horrible, and she loses both parents in one night. David is the only hope she has to escape to England. Her father had previously prepared a way for her to escape, but as she watches the sacrifice the American makes for a Jewish family, how can she do any different.
David made a promise to Nadia's father to get her to safety. Now that their only way of escape is gone, bombs are raining down everywhere, it is going to be much harder for him to keep that promise. This is their harrowing journey as they try to escape the evil that has gripped Poland. This is a fast-moving novel of escape and survival, and ultimately true love.
I was provided a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
About the Author
More from Angela
When I first decided to set a story during the invasion of Poland, I was woefully unprepared for the pain and horror I found there. I wasn’t new to World War II and had just finished writing A Rose for the Resistance, which is set in France during the war and deals with the resistance and the Normandy invasion. The atrocities and genocide in Poland cut so much deeper.
In the early hours of September 1, 1939, the small town of Wielun, Poland, woke to a shower of bombs on their community. They did not house an army or warehouses, only homes and civilian businesses. Wielun was not the only town or village targeted—demonstrating the Nazi goal to spread fear and death. Six months earlier, Hitler had promised that if Poland did not bow to his wishes, he would wipe them off the map. Over the next month, and more so in the following six years, he came very close to succeeding.
For the full month of September 1939, while German armies rolled across the country, the city of Warsaw endured daily bombardment. Homes, workplaces, churches on Sunday morning, the Warsaw maternity hospital— nowhere was safe. On the tenth of September, someone recorded seventeen separate air raids over the city. I was moved to tears while viewing photographs of women and children who had been shot in the streets and fields by the bombers after they had dropped their payloads over the city.
No one came to their rescue.
Poland was abandoned by its allies to the Nazis.
So how do you write about all that and more while still trying to keep hope alive in the story and in the characters who have to live through such a frightening and demoralizing history?
I invite you to read Capturing Hope to find out.
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Angela is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon eGift card and copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/2909b/capturing-hope-celebration-tour-giveaway
This WWII story will be one of extreme changes, one that will remind the reader of past travesties and tragedies as well as triumphs and generous sacrifices.
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